Improvement in coffins



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. TUBBS, OF PHCENIX, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN COFFINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 211,534, dated J unuary21, 1879; application filed May 6, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. Tons, of Phoenix, in the county ofOswego, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Goffins, of which the following, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates especially to the class of coflins or burialcaseshaving rounded corners and a molding or extra enlargement around theirbases; and it consists in a novel construction of the corners of suchcoffins, whereby the same are provided with the moldin g or externalembellishment at their base in a simple and substantial manner, withoutthe necessity of bending around the same the extra strips-or bandsconstituting the said embellishment at the base of the side and endsections of the coflins, all constructed and combined substantially ashereinafter fully described.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,wherein Figure 1 is a side view of a burial-case constructed on myimproved plan; showing a section of the corner-piece detached and Fig.2, an inverted plan view of same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. I

A are the side sections, and B the end sections, of the burial-case orcoffin, having formed on their respective ends a tenon, t, extending thewidth thereof. 0 represents the rounded corner-pieces, grooved on theiredges to receive the tenons t of the side and end sections,

and thus become attached to same. a represents the usual molding orextra embellished band around the exterior at the base of the cofiin orcasket, and heretofore applied to the rounded corners by bending thesaid piece around them. This construction, however, has proved difficultand expensive, owing to the bend of the ends of the coffin. To obviatethis difficulty I terminate the said strips or bands atthe ends of therespective side and end sections, and divide the corner-piece Ohorizontally at or near the top of the molding c, and form the lowersection of said corner-piece with its requisite external molding orembellishment in one piece. This section is provided with grooves on itsedges, and attached to the side and end sections of the coffin in thesame manner as the upper section of the corner-piece. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a coffin or burial-case having rounded corners, an d provided with amolding or band, 0, at its base, the corner-piece 0, dividedhorizontally, and having its lower section with the thereto-pertainingmolding or embellishment 0 formed in one piece, substantially asdescribed and shown, for the purpose specified.

CHARLES W. TUBBS.

Witnesses:

H. W. WEEDEN, HERNY A. BRAINARD.

